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title: "STEAM NM brings new exhibition to CARC Gallery"
description: "At the beginning of 2022, the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) teamed up with SciArt Santa Fe, CARC’s STEAM NM, and UNM College of Fine Arts to host the exhibition *In Place: Future Artifacts and Remembrance Along El…"
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# STEAM NM brings new exhibition to CARC Gallery

<p class="carc-byline">By Mariah Rosales · 2023</p>

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At the beginning of 2022, the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) teamed up with
SciArt Santa Fe, CARC’s STEAM NM, and UNM College of Fine Arts to host the
exhibition [*In Place: Future Artifacts and Remembrance Along El Camino Real
de Tierra
Adentro*](https://sfai.org/event/in-place-sciart-santa-fe/){target=_blank} at
the SFAI Gallery featuring artists Katherine Boles, Heidi K. Brandow, Angel
Cabrales, Chico MacMurtie, and Francisco Uvina. Now a revised version of the
exhibition is being displayed in the CARC Gallery, which includes high quality
images of the live exhibition and an in-depth look into the lives of the
featured artists and professors that collectively worked on this project. UNM
graduate student Bianca Camarillo, who helped bring the exhibition to CARC,
notes that “This specific revision at CARC dives deeper into the information
about the show and artists, despite not having the actual artwork present.
Images and video interviews from the first opening are displayed along with QR
codes to links with further information for viewers.”

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro began as Native American trails and trade
routes stretching from Mexico City, Mexico, to the Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh
north of what is now Española, New Mexico, according to [New Mexico Historic
Sites](https://nmhistoricsites.org/){target=_blank}. Upon the arrival of
Spanish settlers led by Juan de Oñate, New Mexico was established as a colony
of Spain, and the trail became the route upon which exploration, conquest, and
colonization occurred. El Camino Real remained a key travel and trade route
until the 1880s, when the arrival of the railroad ended the utility of the
trails. Today, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro serves as a National Historic
Trail from Santa Fe, New Mexico to El Paso, Texas.

![](/assets/in-place-exhibition-dsc03299-caption-border.jpg)

A part of UNM’s mission is to support social, cultural and economic
development in communities to enhance the quality of life for all New
Mexicans, and *In Place* is one example of the mission in action. The artists
and designers featured in *In Place* question how viewers see and use
technology to imagine monuments along the historic Camino Real cultural
corridor and shed light on the reality of Spanish colonization and how it
shaped the Camino Real through their artworks. The exhibition aims to create
dialogue about the relationships between art, architecture, science and
technology for viewers of these contemporary interpretations of southwestern
cultural landscapes and monuments. New Mexico is diverse and home to many
cultures, and the history of Spanish colonization in the state represents a
dark and difficult period for those who already lived on these lands. The
colonization of New Mexico continues to influence modern-day conversations
about inclusion. In recent years, protests have led to the [removal of
statues,
monuments](https://www.npr.org/2020/07/13/890122729/statues-of-conquistador-juan-de-o-ate-come-down-as-new-mexico-wrestles-with-hist){target=_blank}
and buildings that featured Oñate and other Spanish conquistadors. *In Place*
continues and expands the conversation about representation in New Mexico’s
monuments.

![](/assets/in-place-exhibition-dsc03278-caption-border.jpg)

According to SciArt Santa Fe’s website, the artists and professors involved
with *In Place* collectively intended to translate their message of
inclusivity and change in a way that viewers could envision through concept
drawings, 3D visualization, mapping, robotics, and sculpture. In conjunction
with the opening of the exhibition last year in Santa Fe, SciArt Santa Fe held
a number of public conversations that encouraged dialogue on the relationship
of art and science to monuments and historic representation through the lens
of land use, colonization, climate change, extractive industries, and
community. Camarillo states that “*In Place* was an exhibition focused on the
current meaning and purpose of monuments. With the help of these artists and
UNM landscape architecture students, they were able to come together and share
their views of what monuments should stand for and bring purpose to
communities.”

This revised exhibition, hosted by STEAM NM, is currently open to view at the
CARC Gallery and will be available throughout 2023. Visitors with UNM Lobo ID
cards can enter the building via card reader during normal business hours;
visitors without UNM ID cards should ring the doorbell. The entrance is
located at the northwest corner of Central Ave. and Pine St.

**Exhibition location and hours: **

**1601 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106**

**Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm**